‘Twas a cold October morning at Farmboys
when five men were brought together to work on strengthening themselves at the Carrboro. While it can be exciting to see a big number of Pax filling the parking lot and stepping into the startex circle for warmarama, the nature of a small group workout is something to behold. Mumblechatter was a thing to behold in this small group.
The warm weather this fall at the AO had created a bit of a new dynamic for us, with a different type of squats. A small but growing group of overnight guests had moved in under the terraces where Pax are accustomed to squat walking around the square. We’ve gradually migrated our exercises to the front of the town hall in recent weeks. These folks fled to other parts of the town due to 40 degree temps this Tuesday morning, but I had already planned to use the Town Hall steps for my Q, and stuck to the plan.
EC: credit to Nightshift who was bear crawling towards me solo as I pulled up at 5:20!
Warmarama
SSH/Imperial Walkers/Arm circles/Seal Claps/Slow Squat
Thang
We got the blood flowing into our muscles full body starting with Jacobs Ladderx2, and felt the burn towards the end of a the leg heavy section.
10 Merkins + 10 WWII
Bearcrawl across lot
1 Monkey jumper IC + 1 squat jump
Run back across lot
Continued to work on both legs and chest with a stair climb up/down movement and small circle:
2 rounds of (a) all pax low squat hold while 1 pax at a time bear crawled around the front steps of the Hall (b) all pax plank hold while 1 pax at a time high kneed it around the front steps of the Hall.
Mary in the middle:
20 IC flutter kicks, 20 toe taps, 10 IC Sea turtles, 10 IC Australian Snow Angels
To the planter under the great Oak, great circle for more mumble chatter as well as leg and chest exercises:
10 IC step ups
4 sets of
12 wide grip erkins/diamond merkins/IC dips
12 box jumps
Leg stretch recovery
COT
Prayers for families affected by violence in Middle East
My message: be present in the “now” for mental wellbeing. You are not defined by events of the past. You can let go of anxiety and event excitement about what’s in the future.
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